"I was initiated into this underground business in the county of Ross, in the State of Ohio, in 1843, and continued in the office...until 1855...I experienced many very unpleasant things...leading on my company.Not to the field of...war and carnage, but tot the glorious land of impartial freedom, where the bloody lash is not buried in the quivering flesh of the vassal. The distance which they are led in a night varies. I have taken them 20 miles in a night, but that is not the usual distance, 6 to 12 miles is more commonly the length of each journey."